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20,998 reviews. #2 of 170 things to do in Key West. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Write a review. About. Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in this for ten years. During that time he wrote seventy percent of his life-time works. Today we operate as a museum providing guided tours every fifteen minutes from nine to five.
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- 907 Whitehead Street, 33040-7473, Florida
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Born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway grew up in a comfortable, but fractious, family. Childhood trips to the remote woods of Michigan inspired his fascination with nature and a lifelong quest for adventure, including his passion for hunting and fishing. Interested in writing from an early age, he began his career as a journalist, working a...
The couple lived on-and-off in Key West for several years (spending summers in Wyoming), before finally putting down more permanent roots in 1931. Pfeiffer found a house for sale at auction, and her uncle purchased it for $8,000 (approximately $134,00 today) as a belated wedding gift. Built in 1851 by the owner of a local ship salvage company, the ...
The warm waters surrounding Key West seemed to beckon Hemingway. He quickly became obsessed with deep-water fishing, and soon bought his own boat, the Pilar. "Papa" Hemingway, as he’d dubbed himself, took to sailing the nearby waters with friends in tow, who were soon nicknamed the Key West Mob. According to legend, a fellow sailor and ship captain...
By 1939, Hemingway’s second marriage was crumbling. Several years earlier, he’d met journalist Martha Gellhorn while she was vacationing in Key West. They embarked on an affair while covering the Spanish Civil War, and soon after, Hemingway left Pfeiffer and his sons and moved to Cuba, where he and Gellhorn moved into a 15-acre property in Havana c...
The Ernest Hemingway House was the residence of American writer Ernest Hemingway in the 1930s. The house is situated on the island of Key West, Florida. It is at 907 Whitehead Street, across from the Key West Lighthouse, close to the southern coast of the island.
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Carol King. Ernest Hemingway House, house in Key West, Florida, U.S> that was the home of American novelist and short-story writer Ernest Hemingway and his second wife, fashion journalist Pauline Pfeiffer, from 1931 until their divorce in 1940. The house, as the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum, is the most popular tourist attraction in Key West.
Writers have always loved the Keys, none more famous than Ernest Hemingway, who bought a beautiful Spanish colonial home at 907 Whitehead Street in 1931 and stayed eight years. The Hemingway House & Museum is a major tourist destination.
Stop at the most significant address in Key West, Florida, and wander through the illustrious home and lush gardens of the Nobel Prize author, Ernest Hemingway. Take a guided tour of the Spanish Colonial house that Hemingway resided in during the 1930's, ornately decorated with furniture from Spain from the 17th and 18th-centuries.
Aug 4, 2009 · Key West, Florida. The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats. Been Here? 3055. Want to Visit? 1811. z.about.com. Ernest Hemingway was a...
